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ArticleChild psychiatry and human development2025

Emerging Adult Resilience to the Early Stages of the COVID-Pandemic: A Systematic Scoping Review.

L C Theron, K Cockcroft, N Annalakshmi, J G Rodgers, T E Akinduyo, A Fouché

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Article in Child psychiatry and human development, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Unpacking social media's role in sociopolitical development amidst the dual pandemics: Perspectives of marginalized adolescent organizers.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

L C TheronDepartment of Educational Psychology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. Linda.theron@up.ac.za.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3979-5782
K CockcroftDepartment of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6166-8050
N AnnalakshmiPsychology Department, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India.
J G RodgersDepartment of Psychology, School of Health Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5231-623X
T E AkinduyoDepartment of Educational Psychology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
A FouchéDepartment of Social Wellbeing, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1896-6968

Funding

National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences JNI20/1009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human resilience to COVID-19 related stressors remains a pressing concern following the aftereffects of the pandemic and in the face of probable future pandemics. In response, we systematically scoped the available literature (n = 2030 records) to determine the nature and extent of research on emerging adults' adaptive responses to COVID-19 stressors in the early stages of the pandemic. Using a multisystem resilience framework, our narrative review of 48 eligible studies unpacks the personal, relational, institutional and/or physical ecological resources that enabled positive emerging adult outcomes to COVID-18 stressors. We found that there is a geographical bias in studies on this topic, with majority world contexts poorly represented. Resources leading to positive outcomes foregrounded psychological and social support, while institutional and ecological supports were seldom mentioned. Multisystemic combinations of resources were rarely considered. This knowledge has valuable implications for understanding resilience in the context of other large-scale adverse conditions.

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COVID-19Resilience, PsychologicalAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultHumansPandemicsSocial SupportYoung AdultCOVID-related stressorsEvidence synthesisMultisystemic resilienceYoung adults

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PMID37698747
PMCPMC12095445

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